The Belgium is once again the scene of violent storms which caused damage on Saturday evening in the province of Namur (south), ten days after floods who did 36 dead in the country, the authorities said.
Torrents of mud
No casualties were to be deplored, a spokesperson for the national crisis center told AFP around 11 p.m., adding that the thunderstorms were over and the situation “Stabilized”.
These heavy rains affected 11 municipalities in the Meuse valley in the early evening, where they caused flooding. Impressive images of streets transformed into torrent circulated on social networks, recalling scenes experienced ten days earlier in the province of Liège.
? New dramatic (but localized) floods affected Dinant in Belgium (province of Namur) this evening when a torrential storm passed! (© Scotty Noel) pic.twitter.com/rJBOcnGNwx
– Weather Express (@MeteoExpress) July 24, 2021
The spokesperson for the national crisis center, Antoine Iseux, however clarified that the situation was “Without commonality” with the floods of July 14 and 15, because the rains this time had not caused a flood.
Material damage
Despite everything, they caused material damage, flooding cellars, damaging roads, homes and cars.
In Namur, capital of Wallonia, a wall collapsed on a roadway near the casino, below the citadel, and several houses were evacuated.
About thirty km to the south, in the city of Dinant, the rains also caused flooding, especially in the station area. They took cars away, some of which blocked a level crossing.
Belgium was hit on July 14 and 15 by unprecedented flooding, following heavy floods caused by several days of torrential rains. They mainly affected the region of Liège, in eastern Wallonia, the French-speaking part of Belgium, and left 36 dead, as well as seven people still missing, according to a latest report published on Saturday by the crisis center.
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